Evolution king Richard Dawkins is willing to meet creationists halfway

I have a strong feeling that the subject of evolution is beautiful without the excuse of creationists needing to be bashed.
Richard Dawkins • Discussing his newest book, “The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution,” which attempts to tackle the topic evolution without attacking those who don’t believe it on moral ground, or assuming that everyone believes it. Fun fact: Ben Stein’s awful documentary from last year, “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed,” features Dawkins as the film’s centerpiece. • source

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Atheism has been on the rise for years now, and the Bible of the atheists is ‘The Origin of Species.’ We have a situation in our country where young people are entering college with a belief in God and exiting with that faith being stripped and shredded.
’80s “Growing Pains” heartthrob Kirk Cameron • Discussing evolution and atheism. Cameron, who is (#^(^!@07(#^(# insane, has hatched a plan to discredit Charles Darwin in the eyes of college students. He and a bunch of other Christians plan to hand out copies of “Species” with a special 50-page introduction linking evolution to Nazisim and claiming that the scientist hated women. Cameron says it’s merely for equal time. “What we want to do is have student make an informed, educated decision before they chuck their faith.” Ten to one, they’re probably going to chuck the book and go to a house party. • source

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A MacArthur Fellow poses the question. Carl Safina, in an essay in the New York Times, says that by putting all the attention on the guy who discovered evolution, it’s allowed later advances – Gregor Mendel’s patterns of heredity, DNA, developmental biology, and genetic medicine – to get ignored by those who don’t support the theory of evolution . Safina claims Charles Darwin has unfairly become the talking point. The dude could’ve turned 200 this week, by the way. source

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He was clearly extremely important, his thinking changed the world. We disagree with his conclusions, with the way he made extrapolations, but he was a very careful observer and we’ve got a lot to be grateful for.
Paul Taylor • A spokesman for the rejecting-of-Darwin’s-theory group Answers in Genesis. The group prefers a literal interpretation of the bible. • source

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The man’s still a lightning rod when it comes to that whole theory of evolution he invented. source

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11 Oct 2009 01:01